VU student awarded second prize at Huawei ICT Skills Competition

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Wednesday, 10 January 2018

VU student awarded second prize at Huawei ICT Skills Competition

Published On: Wednesday, January 10, 2018

A Virtual University of Pakistan’s student of BS Software Engineering “Shamim Iqbal” has received an honor to walk away with second prize at Middle East Huawei’s International ICT Skill Competition finals held at Shenzhen, China.

Mr. Shamim Iqbal represented Pakistan and distinguished himself from over 7,000 students of more than 50 higher education institutes across Pakistan. He worked in real laboratories and tackled some of the industry’s most complex challenges related to cloud computing, switching, routing, and other key ICT solutions and technologies related to digital transformation. He performed well in the finals and eventually secured second position.

This is pertinent to mention that HEC Chairman Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed also praised the performance and selection of VU student during his address at International Social Sciences Conference as this contest nurtured higher standards of performance in Pakistan’s ICT sector.